Add an attachment, Open, save, or delete an attachment – Adobe Acrobat XI User Manual
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Editing PDFs
Last updated 1/14/2015
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Navigate to the location where you want to create a destination, and set the desired view.
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In the Destinations panel, choose New Destination from the options menu
, and name the destination.
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Save the target document.
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In the source document (where you want to create the link), choose Tools > Content Editing > Add or Edit Link
, and drag a rectangle to specify a location for the link.
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In the Create Link dialog box, set the link appearance, select Go To A Page View, and then click Next.
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In the target document, in the Destinations panel, double-click the destination.
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Save the source document.
Add an attachment
You can attach PDFs and other types of files to a PDF. If you move the PDF to a new location, the attachments move
with it. Attachments may include links to or from the parent document or to other attachments.
Don’t confuse attached comments with file attachments. A file attached as a comment appear in the page with a File
Attachment icon or Sound Attachment icon, and in the Comments List with other comments. (See
Choose Tools > Content Editing > Attach A File
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In the Add Files dialog box, select the file you want to attach, and click Open.
Note: If you attach EXE, VBS, or ZIP file formats, Acrobat warns you that it won’t open the file once attached because
the format is associated with malicious programs, macros, and viruses that can damage your computer.
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To make the attachment viewable in Acrobat 5.0 or earlier, do one of the following:
• Choose View > Show/Hide > Navigation Panes > Attachments, and select Show Attachments By Default from
the options menu
(selected by default).
• Choose File > Properties, click the Initial View tab, choose Attachments Panel And Page from the Navigation Tab
menu, and click OK.
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Save the PDF.
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(Optional) To add a description to the attachment that helps differentiate between similar files in the Attachments
panel, select the attached file, and from the options menu
, choose Edit Description. Edit the text of the
description, and then save the file.
Open, save, or delete an attachment
You can open a PDF attachment and make changes to it—if you have permissions—and your changes are applied to the
PDF attachment.
For other types of file attachments, you have an option of opening or saving the file. Opening the file starts the
application that handles the file format of the attachment—you must have that application to open the attachment.